Liga najeeb halaby biography
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Jordan's Queen Noor to talk peace at Penn
American wife of late King Hussein involved in promoting health care, women's rights
By Jessica Kaplan 09/15/03 5:00amIn just a few weeks, Penn's campus will be graced with the presence of royalty.
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan will speak in Irvine Auditorium as the Social Planning and Events Committee Connaissance's fall speaker as part of the Provost's Spotlight Series, the group announced on Friday.
The event, which has been in the works since last May, will be held on Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. when Queen Noor will speak about the current situation in the Middle East. She will discuss her involvement in the peace process, as well as her dedication to humanitarian causes.
After extensive discussions and negotiations, SPEC Connaissance was able to decide how to best use their budget of approximately $37,000 for their annual fall speaker -- allocated to them by the Undergraduate Assembly -- to nab such an influential world leader.
"We were trying to find somebody unique and different from who we've had in the past," SPEC Connaissance Co-Chairman Jeffrey Shuster said. "We wanted to get someone a little less political and a little more diverse, and we haven't had a woman in a while."
Born Lisa Najeeb Halab
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Program: Queen Noor of Jordan, humanitarian activist
Monica Attard: Hello and welcome to Sunday Profile, I'm Monica Attard. This week we're joined by Queen Noor of Jordan - the American-born wife of King Hussein who's made it her life mission to help refugees, and convince the world's superpowers to rid themselves of nuclear weapons.
She was once known as Lisa Najeeb Halaby.
She worked around the world as an architect and urban planner until, aged 26, she met King Hussein of Jordan, a respected moderate leader who, on all accounts, brought political stability and prosperity to his homeland. She converted to Islam and bore him four children.
When King Hussein died a decade ago, it was not their eldest son Prince Hamzah who ascended to the throne - it was her husband's son from his second marriage. So whilst she's Queen Noor of Jordan; she is not the Queen of Jordan - that title belongs to the reigning King's wife.
In the ten years since King Hussein died from cancer, his widow has been involved in many humanitarian projects, like providing health care to refugees who've fled to Jordan from neighbouring Iraq. She's also deeply involved in providing health care, education and security to Palestinian women, as well as the abo
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Najeeb Elias Halaby
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